Over the past few months, St. Clair School District officials have worried whether Prop STC Safe and Secure, a $12,750,000 no-tax increase bond issue, would be affected due to low voter turnout in June’s municipal election.

One challenger won, while one incumbent easily held his position on the Union Board of Aldermen in the Tuesday, June 2, election. Also, a use tax on online purchases failed and Union R-XI School Board of Education members held their seats.

On the June 2 ballot, Pacific voters face a potentially pivotal police issue. Pacific “marshals,” or police chiefs, have been elected by citizens in the past; that could change with the results of the upcoming municipal election.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft admits he saw the long line outside the Union License Office, where some were not wearing masks or social distancing while waiting to get a driver’s license or registration, when he drove into town Friday, May 15.

As part of an ongoing effort to examine Missouri’s spending of federal funds provided by the coronavirus relief bill, State Auditor Nicole Galloway unveiled a new online tool to give Missourians a detailed look at how state government is using those funds.

All Democrats in Franklin County interested in participating in the delegate selection process should gather Monday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Franklin County Government Center, located at 400 E. Locust St., Union.

The offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, 17 state senators from odd-numbered districts, and 163 state representatives will be on ballots statewide in Missouri this year.